Apparatus for cold waving practice



SEP- 16, 1958 R. M. STEELE 2,852,029

APPARATUS FOR /COLD WAVING PRACTICE Filed Sept. 5, 1957' FIG. 4 6

United States Fatemi:

APPARATUS FOR COLD WAVING PRACTICE Richard M. Steele, Stockton, Calif.

Application September 3, 1957, Serial No. 681,739

4 Claims. (Cl. 132-42) .My invention relates to the winding of a tressof hair on a cylindrical spindle known as a curling rod in use in thepractice generally called cold waving. Customarily, in this practice, atress of hair is wound toward the roots from its extremity upon acurling rod which is aixed at or near the scalp by means of a fastener,usually a string, an elastic, or member of other material, which isattached to the one end of the tress-wound curling rod, extends to andthen attaches to the other -end of the tress-wound curling rod, and,with varying amounts of tightness against and across the hairs of thetress, there is caused a binding and pressure by the fastener in itsfunction to support the tress-wound curling rod in position.

Now this binding with pressure on the hairs of a wound tress by such afastener can cause, and has been said to cause, a deterioration ofstrength and normal composition of those hairs which are subjected tosuch binding with pressure during and after the saturation andimpregnation of the wound tress with certain chemical lotionscustomarily used with the intention to impart a permanent curl to thetress. The deterioration and deleterious effect to the hairs of thewound tress which may be caused in this manner may develop to suchmagnitude that often immediate, or often, consequential breakageof theso subjected hairs occurs to Various extent and through various periodsof elapsed time, days or weeks, as those hairs having sustained thedeterioration and damage become unable to withstand the stress andstrain of general combing, brushing, and dressing, and, thereupon, breakat the point of greatest deterioration.

In View of the foregoing, it is desired and expedient, and it is theprimary object of my invention to provide a device which has none andwhich will eliminate, from the curling rod, the string, elastic, ormember of other material, which ordinarily joins and stretches from oneend of the curling rod to the other end, binding against and across thehairs of the tress-wound curling rod as a means of support.

It is the further object of my invention to utilize the inherenttendency of the tress-wound curling rod to unwind of itself, by reasonof the weight of the curling rod and the pull of the hairs thereon, tohold the said curling rod stationary and in waving position .byproviding means alhxed at each end of the curling rod to arrest and toprevent its rotation toward the pull of the hairs and by gravitationalforce.

It is the object of my invention, relating to the parts thereof, thatthey be manufactured cheaply of fairly chemical-resistant material, suchas aluminum or stainless-steel, suitable for stamping, and plastic orsynthetic material, suitable for molding; and, relating further to thesaid parts, it is the object of my invention that it `may be easilyassembled and retted with spares when required by the person ordinarilyusing it.

For a better understanding of these objects of my invention, and ofother objects which will become apparent 2,852,029 Patented Sept. 16,1958 hereinafter, reference may be had to the accompanying drawing,which is not intended to limit the scope of the novelties and the novelarrangements inherent in my-invention, but which does show a practicalembodiment of the novelties and novel arrangement.

Figure 1 is a plane view of my stringless cold waving rod showing thecurling rod with the tine portions of the lever-like brake members inready position to wind a tress of hair.

Figure 2 is a plane View of my stringless cold waving rod with cut-away.

Figure 3 is a similar plane view of my stringless cold waving rod withcut-away and showing varied manipulations possible by thumb and indexlinger of each hand.

Figure 4 is a plane view of my stringless cold waving rod with a tressof hair wound thereon in waving position.

Figure 5 is a cross sectional View of Figure 4.

Referring to the drawing, the following explains the small numbers whichdesignate the same parts appearing in all the views.

1 designates the tine portions of the lever-like brake members.

2 designates the U-bends in the lever-like brake members made toaccommodate attachment of an elastic means thereto.

3 designates the stock butt portions of the lever-like brake members.

4 designates the single, or multiple, elastic, rubber bands, or materialhaving an elastic property, which, hereinafter, for the purpose of thisdescription, shall be referred to as the elastic or elastic means.

5 designates the concave apertures into which the U- bends 2 and thestock butts 3 of the lever-like brake members may be sheathed butt'rst,and into which the U-bends 2 may be inserted when the lever-like brakemembers are in functional position.

6 designates serrated and notched edges of the curling rod at the faceof its ends to provide a plurality of spaced nubs against and betweenwhich the tine portions 1 and the stock butts 3 of their respectivelever-like brake members may be snubbed and drawn taut by the elastic 4.

7 designates the longitudinal hole transversing 'the center of thelength of the curling rod on the line of its axis from concave apertureto concave aperture (5 to 5), t0 permit the elastic to float and toattach only tothe U-bends 2 of each of the lever-like brake members, oneat each end, thus, permitting universal, toggle movement of theindividual lever-like brake members, independently of each other, inrelation to the ends of the curling rod.

8 designates the point of innermost depth of the concave apertures 5 towhich the lever-like brake members may be sheathed.

9 designates the curling rod, proper, for the purpose of thisdescription.

10 and 11 indicate the points on the scalp or head surice ` `faceadjacent the ends of the curling rod 9, upon which the tine extremitiesof the lever-like brake members touch, rest, and bear.

l2 designates the hairs and the tress of hair wound on the curling rod 9in waving position.

Explanation of the several figures in the drawing is now set forth.

Figure 1, a plane view of my stringless cold Waving rod, shows thecurling rod 9 with the tine portions 1 of the lever-like brake membersprotruding from the concave apertures 5 at the ends of the curling rod,in straight, degrees, horizontal alignment to permit the thumb andlingers to turn the curling rod 9, conveniently, for the purpose ofWinding a tress of hair thereon.

In this position, approximately one-third 0f the length,

(2 and 3), of each of the lever-like brake members is concealed at itsrespective end of the curling rod as within a sheath provided by theconcave apertures 5, the leverlike brake member being drawn in to thedepth 8 of the concave aperture by the elastic 4.

Figure 2 is a plane View with a cutaway at the left-hand end, showingthe U-bend 2 of the lever-like brake member, in sheathed position withthe elastic4 attached thereto, and showing the stock butt 3 of thelever-like brake member, resting at the innermost part of the concaveaperture 8. At the right-hand end of the curling rod, in Figure 2, isshown the entire lever-like brake member, unsheathed and disassociatedfrom the curling rod, being attachedonlyto the elastic 4, fastened katthe U-bend 2, and with the stock butt 3 just engaged against theserrated edge with nubs 6, and the arrow indicating the direction offull engagement by the stock butt 3, and the tine portion 1, to the endof the curling rod. The leverlike brake member will be drawn to andsnubbed into position at 90 degrees to the longitudinal line of thecurling rod and with the U-bend 2 entered into the concave aperture 5.

Figure 3, a plane View similar to Figure 2, illustrates the Versatilityof movement and possible manipulation of the lever-like brake members bythe thumb and index finger of the right hand and of the left handrespectively. For the reason that the lever-like brake members areattached permanently only at the U-bends 2 to the elastic 4, whichtraverses the length of, and oats in, the longitudinal hole 7, providedthrough the curling rod on the line of its axis, with no other.attachment thereto, the thumb and index nger may grasp and manipulatethe lever-like brake member in universal, toggle movement in itsrelation to the end of the curling rod and, independently, one from theother.

Figure 3 shows, further, at the left end cut-away, the lever-like brakemember attached at the U-bend 2 to the elastic 4, being drawn by theleft thumb and index linger from the aperture 5 with the stock butt 3being drawn past the serrated rim with nubs 6. The right thumb and indexfinger, illustrated at the right-hand View, shows the completelyunsheathed lever-like brake member being released to snap to, and toengage against, and to span the serrated rim edge with nubs 6 at the endof the curling rod, in the direction indicated by the arrows.

In Figure 4, a plane view of my stringless cold Waving rod, and inFigure 5, a sectional View of Figure 4, the tress of hair 12 is wound onthe rod in the manner known in the art as the Croquignole wind, that isto say, the hairs pass from A to B, as indicated by the arrow. For thereason that the lever-like brake members, at 1 and 3, are aixed securelyto the serrated rim with nubs 6 by the tension provided by the elastic4, transversing inside of the curling rod, traction from the extremitiesof the lever-like brake members, touching, resting, and bearing upon thescalp or head surface, adjacent, and 11, is transmitted to the entireassembly to arrest and prevent gravitational, rotative movement of thetress-Wound curling rod.

From the foregoing, it will be manifest that I have provided a novelmeans to eliminate the danger of one possible damage to hair undergoingcold waving treatment. The novel arrangements composite in my stringlesscold rod having the general configuration of a thin spool, each endof-said rod having an aperture therein, each end of said rod having aplurality of spaced nubs protruding therefrom, said rod having alongitudinal passage communicating with said apertures, elastic meanswithin said passage, a irst lever-like brake member engaging one end ofsaid rod between said spaced nubs and attached to one end of saidelastic means, a second lever-like brake member engaging the other endof said rod between said spaced nubs and attached to the other end ofsaid elastic means.

2. In apparatus according to claim l, the end of said rst lever-likebrake member being sheathed within the said aperture Within said one endof said rod, said iirst lever-like brake member being drawn in to thedepth of the said aperture by said elastic means, the end of said secondlever-like brake member being sheathed within the said aperture Withinsaid other end of said rod, said second lever-like brake member beingdrawn in to the depth of the said aperture by said elastic means.

3. In apparatus according to claim l, said lever-like brake membersfashioned in the shape of small bars, said rst lever-like brake memberspanning the aperture provided within said one end of said rod, saidfirst leverlike brake member engaging between the spaced nubs protrudingfrom said one end of said rod, said first leverlike brake member beingof a length to reach beyond the points of said engagement between thesaid spaced nubs to a resting place on the scalp or head surfaceadjacent to said rod when said rod is Wound with a tress of hairthereon, said second lever-like brake member spanning the apertureprovided within said other end of said rod, said second lever-likemember engaging between the spaced nubs protruding from said other endof said rod, said second lever-like brake member being of a length toreach beyond the points of said engagement between the said spaced nubsto a resting place on the scalp or head surface adjacent to said rodwhen said rod is wound with a tress of hair thereon.

4. In apparatus according to claim l, said elastic means being attachedat each end to an otherwise unattached lever-like brake member.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,766,849 Rudiger Oct. 16, 1956 FOREIGN PATENTS 763,384 Great BritainDec. l2, 1956 814,200 Germany Sept. 20, 1951

